Ramesh Menon

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Why Malaysia Is Winning Indian Tourists
Rediff.com1 days ago

Go once. You will know, even before you board the flight home, that you will return.

Dharmendra Pradhan's Resignation: First Crack In Modi's Fortress?
Rediff.com6 days ago

Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation is significant because it punctures, however slightly,...

Youth Protest Is No Longer About Paper Leaks
Rediff.com24 Jul 2026

When dialogue fails, protest becomes inevitable.
In a democracy, protest is often...

If India Becomes A Doormat, The US Will Tread On It
Rediff.com23 Jul 2026

The harsh truth is that the US is no longer a reliable partner, cautions Ramesh Menon.

Vijay Must Demonstrate His Government Doesn't Engage In Theft
Rediff.com27 May 2026

If TVK MLAs and ministers are perceived as clean, or demonstrably cleaner than their...

Kerala Offers Congress Golden Chance; Will It Deliver?
Rediff.com8 May 2026

Kerala's voters are sophisticated, educated, and unforgiving. They have once again made...

Winning Bengal Was The Hard Part For The BJP... Governing It May Prove Even Harder
Rediff.com5 May 2026

A BJP government in Bengal inherits more problems than it might care to admit at its...

West Bengal Polls: Mamata Banerjee Can't Underestimate BJP
Rediff.com18 Apr 2026

This election is different. It is no longer simply about governance or welfare. It is...

Kerala Elections 2026: Can An 80-Year-Old Marxist Score A Hat-Trick?
Rediff.com7 Apr 2026

Kerala's 2026 assembly election will see a three-cornered contest where religion and...

Can India Reset Ties With Bangladesh?
Rediff.com24 Feb 2026

Sensitive issues remain. Water sharing of the Ganga and Teesta rivers. Treatment of...

When Votes Come With a Price Tag, Is It Still Democracy?
Rediff.com28 Jan 2026

The Maharashtra municipal elections showed a troubling shift, where votes were traded...

Sri Lanka: Paradiso For Travellers
Rediff.com25 Nov 2025

Sri Lanka stays with you not just in memory, but gently reminds you what a society can...

Nitish Kumar Has The Opportunity Of A Lifetime To Change Bihar
Rediff.com18 Nov 2025

If he cannot do it this term by using his bureaucracy and experts from different...

Why BJP, Nitish Need Each Other
Rediff.com12 Nov 2025

Left to its machinations, the BJP would have loved to cut Nitish down to size, but it...

'Israel Is Weaponising Hunger'
Rediff.com9 Oct 2025

'Famine in Gaza is not a failure of logistics or aid. What is to blame is deliberate...

'War Has No Winners, Only Losers'
Rediff.com9 Oct 2025

'I noticed a nine-year-old child hugging another child every few minutes.' 'The two...

'Pakistan May Get More Adventurous Towards India'
Rediff.com4 Oct 2025

'What we need to watch is how Saudi Arabia's financial assistance will be used by...

How Modi Changed Indian Politics
Rediff.com17 Sep 2025

In the last 11 years, India and the world witnessed what he stood for, what he promised...

Time India Learnt From China Playbook
Rediff.com20 Aug 2025

If India caves in to US pressure as Trump hopes it will, he will further try to...

Be Prepared For Another War!
Rediff.com18 Jul 2025

India needs to be technologically and militarily prepared to defend itself from both...